Myathropa florea
(Yellow-haired Sun Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Blera armillata
(Orange-faced Wood Fly)
Myathropa florea
(Yellow-haired Sun Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Associated Species: Lactuca serriola (Prickly Lettuce)
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
(Forked Globetail)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
On fern-leaf yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Myathropa florea
(Yellow-haired Sun Fly)
On parsley flowers
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Ceriana tridens
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Myathropa florea
(Yellow-haired Sun Fly)
On Garden Parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Syrphini
On
Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
On Geranium sanguineum flower
Associated Species: Geranium sanguineum (Bloody Crane's-Bill)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
On parsnipflower buckwheat flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Toxomerus occidentalis
(Western Calligrapher)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Eristalini
(Rat-tail Maggot Flies)
Associated Species: Crataegus douglasii (Douglas Hawthorn)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis sp.
(Drone Flies)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eupeodes volucris
(Large-tailed Aphideater)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Anasimyia sp.
(Drone Flies)
On a snowberry bush.
Eristalis sp.
(Drone Flies)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Eristalis flavipes
(Orange-legged Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Toxomerus marginatus
(Margined Calligrapher)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Eupeodes sp.
(Aphideaters)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
This adult emerged from a pupa that formed from a larva that I collected from an aphid-infested Ocean Spray bush. \r\nLarva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118730071\r\nPupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119242836
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Eupeodes sp.
Subgenus Metasyrphus
(Aphideaters)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
This pupa formed from
this larva. I\'m keeping it to see what emerges.
Epistrophe xanthostoma
(Emarginate Smoothtail)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
On Ocean Spray bush infected with Aphids. 20 mm
Syrphidae
(Hover Flies)
On Ocean Spray bush infected with aphids. 4 mm.
Syrphidae
(Hover Flies)
On Ocean S[ray bush infested with Aphids. ~ 1 mm.
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis hirta
(Black-footed Drone Fly)
Dasysyrphus sp.
Complex Dasysyrphus intrudens
Pipizinae
(Pitheads & Kin)
Mallota sackeni
(Brown-haltered Mimic Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
On compost
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Looks like it might be Eristalis dimidiata. But I\'m not sure. What do you think @edanko?
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eupeodes sp.
(Aphideaters)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eupeodes volucris
(Large-tailed Aphideater)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Sphaerophoria contigua
(Tufted Globetail)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Eupeodes volucris
(Large-tailed Aphideater)
Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
(Forked Globetail)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Pipizinae
(Pitheads & Kin)
Eupeodes volucris
(Large-tailed Aphideater)
Platycheirus sp.
(Sedgesitters)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis sp.
Subgenus Eoseristalis
(Drone Flies)
Eristalis hirta or E. nemorum?
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Sphaerophoria sp.
(Globetails)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Blera scitula
(Western Wood Fly)
Eupeodes sp.
(Aphideaters)
On Tall Oregon Grape leaf
Asemosyrphus polygrammus
(Common Sickleleg)
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Toxomerus occidentalis
(Western Calligrapher)
Asemosyrphus polygrammus
(Common Sickleleg)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Toxomerus occidentalis
(Western Calligrapher)
Toxomerus occidentalis
(Western Calligrapher)
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Eristalis nemorum
(Orange-spined Drone Fly)
There is some disagreement about this on iNat.
E. hirta or nemorum?
On Physocarpus malvaceus (Mallow-leaf Ninebark) flowers.
Platycheirus stegnus
(Greater Punctate Sedgesitter)
5 mm, female
Visiting Clarkia pulchella flowers
BugGuide ID
Merodon equestris
(Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
Eristalis hirta
(Black-footed Drone Fly)
There is some disagreement and discussion about this observation on iNat, but the consensus seems to be Eristailis hirta.
Dasysyrphus sp.
Complex Dasysyrphus intrudens
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Melanostoma mellinum
(Variable Duskyface Fly)
Melanostoma mellinum
(Variable Duskyface Fly)
On Dandelion flower
Platycheirus sp.
(Sedgesitters)
On Chickweed (Sellaria media) flower
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Pipizinae
(Pitheads & Kin)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Eristalis hirta
(Black-footed Drone Fly)
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
On California Poppy flower
BugGuide ID
Associated Species: Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy)
Eristalis tenax
(Common Drone Fly)
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)